Finnish energy company Fortum/Uniper confirmed that it doesn't intend to align its business with the goals of the UN Paris climate agreement,
Helsinki, 26 March 2019 - Finland’s state-owned Fortum is now responsible for hundreds of premature deaths and other potent health impacts from coal across Europe, thanks to its increasing investments in German energy company Uniper, according to new modelling from Europe Beyond Coal and Greenpeace Nordic.
Lahti, Finland’s leading environmental city, is implementing the Finnish Government’s program. The closure of the coal plant in Kymijärvi is […]
In a landmark moment in Europe’s coal phase-out, the Finnish parliament has voted to ban the use of coal for […]
Like the Kristiina plant, the 1970s-era Tahkoluoto coal power station at Pori was retired from Finland’s reserve in 2017, having […]
Production ceased in 2015 at the Kristiina oil and coal-fired power plant at Österbotten, Finland, as it was no longer […]
Esbjerg CHP plant in west Denmark will be the last Ørsted (formerly Dong Energy) power plant to quit coal. The […]
Owner Lahti Energia announced in 2016 that by 2019 it would close Kymijarvi I, the original coal and gas plant […]
In late 2015, the Helsinki City Council decided to phase out coal at the Hanasaari B power plant in Helsinki. […]